HMS by the Numbers FY 2024
Faculty
Total faculty: 12,361
Tenured and tenure-track faculty on HMS campus in 11 preclinical departments: 191
Voting faculty on campus and at affiliates: 6,859
Full-time faculty on campus and at affiliates 10,604
Awards and Honors
Nobel Prizes (cumulative) physiology or medicine, peace: 11 prizes, 17 recipients
National Academy of Sciences members (current) 93
National Academy of Medicine members (current) 176
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (current) 42
- Investigators: 39
- Scholars: 2
- Professor: 1
See the HMS Office for Faculty Affairs for information about faculty demographics.
Residents and Trainees
Clinical fellows 4,441
Research fellows 5,141
Students
Total students
MD: 700
PhD: 992
MD-PhD: 207 [basic sciences 179, social sciences 29 (total included in MD and PhD counts)]
DMD: 146
DMD-PhD: 1
SM, MMSc: 657 (615 HMS, 42 HSDM)
DMSc: 35
Graduate students in HMS PhD programs are enrolled through the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin School of Arts and Sciences.
Entering students 2024
MD applicants: 6,856
Admitted: 221 (3.2%)
MD entering: 165 (includes 14 MD-PhD)
PhD: 160
DMD: 35
SM, MMSc: 348 (334 HMS, 14 HSDM)
DMSc: 8
Combined degree programs: MD-MBA, MD-MMSc, MD-MPH, MD-MPP, MD-SM
See the HMS Medical Education Admissions at a Glance page for details about the entering MD class and financial aid.
Alumni
Living medical school alumni: 11,594 (9,921 MD, 1,673 master’s)
As of September 2023
Grants & Contracts
- Total FY24 grants and contracts expenditures by HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes all federal, state, and private/other grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $4,513,585,976
- Total FY24 federal grants and contracts expenditures by HMS and its affiliated hospitals (includes federal grants and contracts for organized research, teaching/instruction, and other sponsored activities, for both direct and indirect costs, as reported to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education): $2,483,005,392
MD Financial Aid (Academic Year 2024)
- Average scholarship: $60,403
- Range of scholarships: $2,487-$102,425
- Students receiving financial aid (excluding MD–PhD students): 72%
- (2023-24) Students graduating with loans: 101
- (2023-24) Average loan debt at graduation: $118,956
- Range of debt (Class of 2024): $14,000 to $452,860
For the most current financial aid and admissions data, please visit the HMS Admissions At a Glance webpage.
Tuition and fees (Academic Year 2025)
- Tuition: $71,032
- Fees: $6,391
Tuition and fees (Academic Year 2024)
- Tuition: $69,300
- Fees: $6,125
As of December 2024